Improvement in water-closets



NA PETERS. PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHER WASHINGTON D c UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

DAnIUs WELLINGTON, or BosToN, MAssAcnUsETTs.

iMPRovEM ENT IN WATER-CLOSETS.

Specification 'forming partkof Letters Patent No. 85,192, dated December2?, 1868.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAniUs WELLINGTON, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Tater-Closets; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing, taken in connection with the drawings which accompany andform part of this specication, is a description of my invention sufcientto enable those skilled in theart to practice it.

My present invention relates to the construction of pan water-closets,with particular reference to supportingthe pan in such manner, whenclosed, thatY it cannot break down by its weight, or by being thrownagainst the hopper above it.

My improvement consists, primarily, in jointing the rocker or ycrank-armof the pansupporting shaft to-a loosevlever, made capable of endwiseinovem ent, and running loosely through a slot in the weight thatoperates the lever, (this weight being suspended from the verticalhand-rod which tips down the pan,) and the opposite end of the leverbeing fulcrumed upon a stationary pin, which passes through an oblongi'ulcrum-slot in the lever, this slot having a vertical locking-slotopening out of it, into which the pin slips when the pan closes, thelever being Ythus locked in position, or from end movement, andtherebylocking the pan-shaft and pan in position.

The drawing represents, in side elevation, at A. a water-closetembodying my improvements. B shows a view of the pan and its shaft. C isa section of the shaft and adjacent edge of the pan. a denotes thereceiver, upon which the hopper b is mounted, and c is the pan.

The container a is peculiar in shape. It is made nearly or quitevertical at one end, and has the soil-pipe neck d opening out from thisend, as seen at A, and from this neck the receiver slants upward to theopposite side, terminating in a vertical wall, e, (its shape beingsomething like a vessel-stern,) and a keelshaped support, f, extendingcentrally down from the inclined bottom to the plane of the iiange g,straps h from this keel being screwed upon the loor with the flange g.This keelshaped support f forms a web, which is directly joined allalong its inner side or edge, from top to bottom, to the receiver. It isthus free from the danger of breakage and other damage, especiallyduring the packing and transportation, which is incident to a mere legor post support, the latter being easily broken by a blow either towardthe receiver or from it, or at either side, by reason of its longleverage, and, if east with the receiver, such blow is also likely tobreak the receiver itself. My keel also aiords a solid and sureprotection when the whole apparatus is in use.

The stern-shaped part j, serves to receive the pan when it is tipped, asseen in dotted red lines at A, and' by leading the pipe down from oneside, and making the bulbous part j beyond the vertical plane of thepipe, the pan, without tipping down into vertical position, passesbeyondthe neck d and empties its contents into the soil-pipe, thus saving inamount of movement of the pan and in force necessary to bring the paninto horizontal position.

Atthe hinged side of the pan ithas a tongue, fi, which ts into a slot,7c, made through the shaft, a screw, l, ,securing the tongue within theslot, the connection being thus much stronger, and the shaft and panbeing readily detachable. The shaft extends through the side of thereceiver, and is journaled in bearings therein.

j To connect the pan and shaft the shaft is rst run through thereceiver, and is confined from end movement by a stationary screw, m,which enters a slot, a, in the shaft. The tongue t' is then slid intothe slot k, (the pan being held from the top of the receiver,) and isthere confined by a screw, l.

Upon the end of the shaft is fixed an arm, a2, to a pin, o, projectingfrom which is jointed a lever, p. rlhis lever is hung upon a stationaryfulcrum-pin, q; but the fulcrumed end of the lever has a fulcrum-slot,s, which permits free end movement of the lever within limits bounded bythe opposite ends of the slot.

The shaft-arm a2 is inclined toward the opposite end of the lever, sothat by raising the lever the arm will always be elevated, and by suchelevation will tip down the pan, the lever moving endwise to accommodateitself to the rotative movement of the arm a2.

The free or reciprocating end of the lever passes through a slot in aweight, t, through which slot the lever slides freely, and this weightis suspended from the vertical rod a,

at the top of which is the ordinary handle u, for operating the pan.

The weight t is hung and swings loosely upon the bottom of the rod7 andthe lever runs loosely through the weight, and thus the relativemovements of the lever and rod are effected with great freedom.

As the handle v is raised the shaft-arm is turned and the pan tippeddown, in which movement the lever slips endwise through the weight-slotat one end and upon the fulernmpin at the opposite end.

At the front end of the fulcrum-slot is avertical slot7 fw, opening downfrom slot s, and when the handle is released the weight t earries downthe lever and closes the pan7 the lever slipping back through the slotin the weight and upon the fulcrnm-pin q, and as the end of thefulcrum-slot strikes the pin q and the pan comes to a stop7 the pin 0becomes the lever-fulerum, and the weight tips the lever upon the sameand throws the slotted end of the lever up7 the pin q entering thevertical slot w. In this position the lever is locked from end movement,and cannot be moved endwise excepting by rst tipping the lever, Now, asno strain can come upon the slotted end of the lever to force it down7(for the arm'cannot turn under weight of the pan without moving thelever endwise,) it will be seen that the pan is securely locked inposition, and that its weight is maintained by the fulerum-pin q,(through the lever 1),) the pan being only capable of movement byraising the front end of the lever p and depressing its rear end tocarry pin q out of slot fw, so that lever p may work endwise upon suchpin.

The cup is placed in a stirrup-'rame, y,

` which projects through the seat-board, this stirrup having slots z,through which keys are inserted to'secure the cup to the board, the rodpassing through the center of the cup and down through bearin gs a! inthe stirrup-frame. This means of applying the cup is very simple7dispensing with the use of screws and enabling the cup to be readilyfastened to any thickness of seat-board, while the bearings in the lowerpart of the stirrup steady the rod in its movements.

The receiver a I cast with an outwardly-projecti ng iiange, b', forsupporting the flange c of the bowl; and integral with the receiver, andprojecting inward from the rim, I also cast linger d', as seen at D,which shows a plan of the receiver7 these fingers serving as stops forthe pan7 to prevent its being thrown up too high.

The preponderance of weight forward7 due to the arrangement 'of lever pand its weight and connections, renders the more necessary the heel f.

I claim- 1. In combination with the pan, the tongue t', entering theslot of the shaft n after the shaft is thrust through the receiver andconned in said slot and to the shaft by a screw, I, substantially asdescribed.

2. I also claim, for operating the pan7 a lever having an end movementby means ot' the fulcrum-slot, and also having the locking-slot, bymeans of which, by locking the pan-shaft from rotative movement7 the panis locked from tipping movement, substantially as described.

3. I also claim the weight hung loosely to the rod u, and slotted toallow the lever p to run loosely through it7 substantially as described.

4. I also claim, in combination with the cup, the stirrup-frame,provided with key-slots7 su bstantially as shown and described.

5. I also claim the receiver a, with an outwardly-lnojectiu g flange7b', and inwardly-projecting iin gers d', substantially as shown anddescribed.

DARIUS WELLINGTON.

Witnesses J. B. CROSBY, FRANCIS GoULn.

